"I fought the attacker" – Attacked doctors in the hospital in Struga
Several nurses and a doctor from the surgical department at the Struga General Hospital were attacked at their workplace by a person who forcibly entered the facility.. The incident happened in 4 in the morning two days ago, Dr. Ilmi Recchi, who was on duty along with three other nurses, tells about Alsat. It all started after two people came to the class. One had injuries caused by unknown causes. While they were waiting to enter the doctor, one of them started behaving violently. He broke a window and a door, entered the doctors and attacked them.
"The people, that is, one of them, entered the ward and without any consultation attacked the surgeon on duty and the other team that was on duty. Had physical contact with the person. I fought with him and I had to protect myself", says Dr. Recchi.
The case was reported to the police. The attacker was detained, but released the next day. In the meantime, doctors do not feel safe in their workplace.
"...We ask the authorities to take measures, because we are afraid because there may be problems like this in the future, so we ask that measures be taken", adds Dr. Recchi.
Due to such unwanted situations that happened before, the doctors on duty are forced to lock the door of the department after 23 pm. There is no 24/7 physical security in the hospital in Struga, so the police is responsible for security.
“…But, while we call the police they pass 10-15 minutes until they come. The surgery suite now had a problem, but often things happen internally. They come drunk, drugged up and disorder ensues", said Zlatko Lazarevski, head of the surgical department
At the beginning of this month, an employee of the Emergency Medical Service in Ohrid was also attacked, and recently, two doctors in the ambulance in Struga were the target of an attack.